Product Description

Levi was raised to be a priest, but turned his back on God when his brother was murdered in Herod's massacre of the innocents. Now as a wealthy tax collector, he's despised by his own people. Then he hears about Jesus. Could this man who heals the sick and raises the dead be the Messiah?

Publisher's Description

The fourth installment in the Jesus Chronicles, from the bestselling author of the Left Behind series.

This story in the Jesus Chronicles depicts the life of the most unlikely of apostles-a sinner turned saint-and his time with the Lord. With Matthew, readers walk alongside Jesus as He gives the Sermon on the Mount, performs the miracles of healing the sick and raising the dead, contemplates His fate at the Last Supper and in the Garden of Gethsemane, is crucified, and most important, resurrected. Thrilling and uplifting, Matthew's Story shows how the true Messiah changed the life of one man, and forever altered the course of history.

Author Bio

Tim LaHaye is a noted author, minister, and nationally recognized speaker on Bible prophecy. He is the founder and president of Tim LaHaye Ministries, and the cofounder of the Pre-Trib Research Center, established for the purpose of exposing ministers to Bible prophecy. He holds a doctor of ministry from Western Theological Seminary and a doctor of literature from Liberty University. A pastor for thirty-nine years, LaHaye has written more than fifty nonfiction books and co-authored the Left Behind, the most successful Christian fiction venture in publishing history, with Jerry Jenkins.

Jerry B. Jenkins, chairman of the board of trustees for the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, is the author of more than 175 books. Dr. Jenkins's writing has appeared in Time, Reader's Digest, Parade, Guideposts, and dozens of Christian periodicals, and he is a contributing editor to Writer's Digest magazine. He owns Jenkins Entertainment, a filmmaking company, as well as the Christian Writers Guild.

I was looking for a way to ignite anew my faith during the season of Lent. As Lent is preparation for Easter I wanted to fall in love with Christ all over again. If you are a longtime Christian then perhaps you know what I'm talking about. We've done the Lenten studies and we've read the same Lenten scriptures for years. So I picked up Matthew's Story with a tall order in mind...renew my first love. Well, I was pulled into the story from the beginning. I thought I knew Matthew as the Book of Matthew is one of my favorites, but I've met him in a new way through this book. And I'm excited to say I met my Jesus in a new way through Matthew's eyes. If you are like me and need a fresh encounter not only with Matthew, but with the Jesus Matthew knows, then Matthew's Story is a must read. You will never read the Book of Matthew the same way again.

This is a great book, I got this thinking that I had purchased it in hard back. I had allready read the book and have acutually given 2 away to relatives and I believe that they were hard back, I just got this one because I allready have the other three Mark, Luke, and John in hard back and wanted all of the collection. I have not completly read all of them, but working on it lol. After I read them I would like to get something on Romans and so forth so I can have a better understanding of 'God's word.